Thursday, March 29, 2018

F.A.N.Newsletter

First,
an update on our
fundraiser. We have received $40,540 from 234 supporters since March
1st. This is simply a fabulous reaction to our goal of raising
$75,000 by May 31st. Thank you to everyone who has
donated.We are
hoping that we will get a total of 1,000 donors to be a part of “our” lawsuit
against the Environmental Protection Agency. If you want to be part of this team
effort to end the most misguided public health practice of the 20th
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From the
day it was published (Sept 19, 2017) the Fluoride Action Network has been
drawing attention to the US-government funded (National Institutes of Health) Bashash
et al. study. This
12- year mother-child study found a strong correlation between the levels of
fluoride exposure during pregnancy and lowered IQ in their offspring at 4 and
6-12 years of age. Last
week, at a conference on environmental epidemiology in Germany, members of this
same research team announced additional findings that confirm and strengthen
their original report (announced).Very
young children, age 1-3 years, also show loss of IQ. In other words, their study now covers the ages of the
offspring from one to twelve years. For the
age of 1- 3 years, for every 1 mg/L
increase in the urine fluoride level of their pregnant mothers, the children
averaged 2.4 points lower IQ scores. The finding was statistically significant
and accounted for potential confounding factors.Thomas et
al., concluded “Our findings add to our team’s recently published report on
prenatal fluoride and cognition at ages 4 and 6–12 years [the
Bashash
et al 2017 paper] by suggesting that higher in
utero exposure to F has an adverse impact on offspring cognitive development
that can be detected earlier, in the first three years of
life.”This
finding adds strength to the rapidly accumulating evidence that a pregnant
woman’s intake of fluoride similar to that from artificially fluoridated water
can cause a large loss of IQ in the offspring.The study
was conducted in Mexico City and had over 400 mother-child pairs. Fluoridated
salt is the main source of fluoride exposure in Mexico City. It is designed to
give the same intake of fluoride as fluoridated water. Mexico City drinking
water fluoride is mostly low. To get an estimate of total fluoride intake in
the women and fluoride exposure to the fetus, the researchers measured the
mother’s urine fluoride levels during pregnancy. The levels were indeed in the
same range as has been found in pregnant women in fluoridated New Zealand
[Brough et
al 2015] and in adults in other countries with fluoridated
water. There is no question that the intake of fluoride in this study is
similar to and directly applicable to intakes in countries with artificial
fluoridation.Michael
Connett, JD , who is heading up the Fluoride Action Network’s legal challenge
calling on the EPA to ban the deliberate addition of fluoride to the drinking
water under provisions in the Toxic Substance and Control Act (TSCA) said that,

“This new
finding from NIH's fluoride/IQ study further strengthens the evidence of
fluoride’s neurotoxicity. The fluoride levels at issue in the study are within
the range that pregnant women in the U.S. will receive, so the findings are
clearly relevant to our ongoing case against the EPA.”

Professor
Paul Connett, re-appointed as director of the Fluoride Action Network, hopes
that this second paper will prompt the major media to cover this important
landmark finding . According to Professor Connett,

"When you
consider who funded this 12-year study (the NIH, the NIEHS and the EPA), the
experience of the researchers, the rigor with which study was conducted, and
the seriousness of their findings, it is extraordinary that this study has yet
to be covered by major news organizations like the NY Times, the Washington Post
and Wall Street Journal."

According
to Stuart Cooper, FAN’s campaign director,

“If our political leaders are going to use the
public's water supply to treat residents with fluoridation chemicals, than they
have the responsibility to notify all citizens--especially pregnant women and
parents--of known health risks and the necessary precautions to avoid harm.
When notified, the media also shares in this responsibility. In this case, it
has been left to not-for-profit watchdogs and whistleblowers like FAN."